Deadline: 26-Jul-21
The Government of Ireland is launching the Funding Call for 2021 LGBTI+ Community Services to assist the development of rural community infrastructure to be inclusive and welcoming of LGBTI+ persons, address gaps in LGBTI+ services and support existing LGBTI+ community organisations.
The overall aim of this fund is to promote inclusion, protect rights and to improve quality of life and wellbeing for members of the LGBTI+ community enabling them to participate fully in Ireland’s social, economic, cultural, and political life.
Vision: A safe, fair and inclusive Ireland where people are supported to flourish and to live inclusive, healthy and fulfilling lives, whatever their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.
Mission: To promote inclusion, protect rights and to improve quality of life and wellbeing for members of the LGBTI+ community enabling them to participate fully in Ireland’s social, economic, cultural, and political life.
Values: The development and implementation of the Strategy will be grounded in the following core principles: Equality, Respect for Diversity, Inclusion, Visibility, Collaboration, Accessibility, and Accountability.
- Scheme A: Supporting community services for the LGBTI+ Persons
- The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will provide funding for no more than 10 proposals under Scheme A. Amounts requested can be from €25,000 up to a maximum of €100,000
- Projects are to commence in 2021 and complete no later than 30 June 2022 with the grant to be paid as detailed in the grant agreement.
- Grant scheme is open to applications from existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organisations working with the LGBTI+ community. Applications may be submitted by individual organisations, or by a consortium involving two or more organisations where the lead partner is an existing LGBTI+ NGO or community organisation. The other partners may be not-for-profit organisations or social enterprises.
- The Funding scheme goals are:
- To enhance the services provided by the NGO or community organisation to LGBTI+ persons, such as providing additional outreach capacity or locations, and/or;
- To promote inclusion of LGBTI+ persons, in educational settings, within the workplace, or in wider society, and/or;
- To support social inclusion and address multiple discrimination within the LGBTI+ community, targeting groups at risk of marginalisation such as Travellers, Roma, migrant communities, people with disabilities, etc. and/or;
- To contribute to ensuring that existing community infrastructure in rural areas is inclusive and welcoming to members of the LGBTI+ community, such as the provision of pop-up LGBTI+ services and/or;
- To combat the impact of rural isolation on members of the LGBTI+ community.
- Scheme B: Promoting visibility and inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons
- The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will provide funding for up to 20 smaller grants for amounts from €5,000 – €10,000.
- All projects must be completed by end June 2022.
- As for scheme A, scheme B is open to applications from existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organisations working with members of the LGBTI+ community. Applications may be submitted by individual organisations, or by a consortium involving two or more organisations where the lead partner is an existing LGBTI+ NGO or community organisation. The other partners may be not-for-profit organisations or social enterprises.
- The Funding scheme goals are to promote LGBTI+ visibility, awareness and expertise, through events or communications directed at the public in general, a specific sector of the economy, a geographic location, or any group within the LGBTI+ community.
- Additional funding of € 700,000 was secured in the Equality budgetary allocation for 2021 to support equality and LGBTI + initiatives, bringing the total funding available to over € 920,000 in 2021.
- Projects must be completed no later than 30 June 2022.
Criteria
- Applications may be for either once-off initiatives or short to medium term projects. Project activities must be additional to the usual business of the applicant organisation and should complement but not replace mainstream structures at local level.
- Allowable expenditure includes salaries, but not capital costs. Duplication of funding is not permitted.
- In determining the overall allocation of grants under Schemes A and B, the Department may have regard to the need to achieve a balanced geographical spread of activities.
- Organisations will not be awarded funding under both schemes, if an organisation applies under both schemes and is successful under both following independent assessment the higher value proposal will be awarded.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.ie/ga/preasraitis/4d9c2-minister-ogorman-announces-2021-lgbti-community-services-funding-call/
